Manual sales-recorder



(No Model.)

A. 0. HOUGH.

MANUAL SALES RECORDER.

No. 534,795. Patented Feb. 26, 189.5.

1 IHIHHIII UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AZEL CLARENCE HOUGH, OF SOUTH BUTLER, NEW YORK.

MANUAL SALES-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,795, dated February26, 1895.

Serial No. 524,816. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AZEL CLARENCE HoUeH, acitizen oftheUnited States,residing at South Butler, in the county of VV-ayne and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutographicRecorders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cashrecorders, and my aim is to provide an autographic recorder, in which itwill be impossible to forget to make an entry, and one in which thedrawer thereof is held in a locked relation by its combination until thepressure of the hand of the operator, in its natural position whilemaking the entry, actuates mechanism releasing means for allowing thedrawer to be drawn, when the right combination is worked.

In my invention I provide a device, upon the top of the desk orregister, which consists ofa spring actuated plate, in proximity to therecording aperture, which, under the normal weight or pressure of thehand thereon, while making the entry, will operate a lever releasingsame from engagement with a rocking frame connected to the push rod ofthe combination, which frame controls the drawer bolt.

My invention consists further in the novel construction, combination andadaptation of the parts as will be hereinafter more fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

, I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, whichwith the letters of reference marked thereon form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings similar letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1, isa vertical section through the register and autographic recordingmechanism. Fig. 2, is a perspective View of the lock releasingmechanism. Fig. 3, is a section on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the drawings by letter, A designates thecasing of the register, provided with the cover B, money drawer 0,recording drum D, paper roll E, push button or rod G, and the rock leveror frame H, and H is a lever pivoted at one end to a lug carried on theswinging locking frame, its free end resting on the ratchet wheel I,which revolves with the drum, and which lever causes a partialrevolution of the said drum every time the frame H is rocked.

J is a releasing drawer bolt, the free lower end of which rests in aslot j, of the drawer, normally locking the same. This bolt is notchedas seen at j and the integral arm K, of the swinging frame H is designedto raise the bolt from the drawer, by its bearing against the shoulderwhen the said frame is rocked. The releasing bolt is guided and kept ina vertical position by means of the plate K.

All of the foregoing parts are of well known construction.

Pivoted to the ears L of the strip L is the plate M, and on the shaft mis a coiled spring m, having one end bearing against the strip L, itsother end bearing against a rod N, secured to the plate M, and thusholding the free end of the said plate M at its highest upper throw orlimit.

0 is a lug or screw secured to the under surface of the plate M and isadapted to strike an arm P of the lever Q, which is pivoted to aprojection q, of the metallic plate Q secured to the under surface ofthe cover B at the points (1. The long arm of the lever Q carries nearits free end a lug or pin 4", and the said end is notched as seen at r,and is designed to normally rest on a pin R held in the ends of theparallel integral guide projections R. When the cover of the register isclosed, the notched end of the lever Q, when the drawer is locked, willengage over the upper side of the swinging frame, thus preventing thesaid frame from rocking until the said notched lever is raised out ofthe path of the swinging frame.

Pivoted to the extreme end of the plate Q as at s, is the pawl S whichis spring actuated by means of the flat spring 8', having its free endbearing against an angular projection of the said pawl S. The pawl S isprovided with notches s and s, the upper notch s,

being the one in which the lug r is designed to engage under the tensionof the spring 8', when the end of the notched locking lever is raised soas to allow the drawer to be unlocked by the releasing of the drawerbolt.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood, and is asfollows:When an entry is made by the operator upon'the recording paperof the drum, the slight pressure of the hand that would normally beimparted to the plate M, while the record is being made, would cause thesaid plate to tilt slightly, and the lug carried on the under surface ofthe plate, comes in contact with the short L-shaped arm P, thus causingthe lever Q to tilt on its pivot, and by so doing the notched end of thesaid lever is caused to be released from the swinging frame, and theupper notch of the spring actuated pawl catches the pin orlug carriednear the end of the lever Q, and holds it from outof the path of therocking frame, so that when the correct combination is worked, the boltis released.

I am aware that autographic registers have been produced in which areleasing bolt is operated by a pressure being applied to the recordingpaper while making the entry, thus preventing the drawer being unlockeduntil entry is made, but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an autographic recorder of the character described, thecombination with the case, the paper holding and moving mechanism, themoney drawer, the locking mechanism connected therewith, a dep'ressibleplate arranged in proximity to the point at which the record is madeupon the paper, and lever mechanism interposed between the said plateand the drawer locking mechanism, whereby the depression of the platecaused by the person making the record will serve to release the drawerlocking mechanism and permit the unlocking of the drawer, substantiallyas described.

2. In combination, the case, the paper holding mechanism, the desk topprovided with an aperture through which the record is made, the moneydrawer and its locking'mechanism, a pivoted plate upon the upper face ofthe cover of the case and extending transversely across said top inproximity to the opening therein, lever actuated mechanism interposedbetween the said pivoted plate and the drawer locking mechanism wherebythe said locking mechanism may be released automatically by the weightof the hand of the person upon the plate in making an entry,substantially as described.

3. Acash recorder having in combination a spring actuated plate, acabinet or desk, to the top of which said plate is pivoted, a lug on thesaid plate, a pivoted lever, which is adapted to be tilted by the saidlug, and to be automatically held from engagement with a swinging frame,and a bolt actuating mechanism, substantially as shown and described.

4. An autographic recorder having a tilting spring-actuated plate, a lugon the under side thereof adapted to engage with one end of a pivotedtilting lever whose other end is notched and carries near its end a pin,the spring actuated pawl engaging with said pin for holding the rod fromengagement with a bolt releasing member, when pressure is ap plied tothe said plate, all combined substantially as shown and described.

5. In combination, in an autographic recorder, the spring-actuatedpivoted plate M, a lever Q, carrying a lug near its forward end, thenotched spring actuated pawl S pivoted to a projection of the plate Qand adapted to hold the end of theleverfrom engagement with the swingingbolt carrying frame II, when aslight pressure is applied to the plate M,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AZEL CLARENCE IIOUGII.

Witnesses:

O. N. WHEELER, GEO. W. PANGBURN.

